“From that time on, (May 1943), all mothers gave birth at the concentration camp’s hospital. Some mothers were sent to the crematorium together with their infants immediately after they gave birth. The vision of those women each carrying her child wrapped in paper, sometimes on a winter day, to the place of execution, was terrible.” 682: Stanisława Leszczyńska…
“Nobody is going to want me because I’m short and ugly.” 638: Dr. Ruth Westheimer Sexologist Known Affectionately as Dr. Ruth Born: 4 June 1928, Frankfurt, Germany Died: 12 July 2024, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Original Name: Karola Ruth Siegel Dr. Ruth was a media personality in radio and TV and a…
483: Irma Eckler The Wife of August Landmesser—the German Man Who Famously Refused to Do the Nazi Salute in a Photograph Born: 12 May 1913, Hamburg, Germany Died: 28 April 1942, Bernberg, Germany When she and August got engaged, they were denied a marriage license because she was technically Jewish. I use the word technically…
“If these children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness?” 477: Jane Haining Missionary For the Church of Scotland Born: 6 June 1897, Near Dunscore, Dumfriesshire, United Kingdom Died: c.17 July 1944, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Nazi Occupied Poland Jane served in Budapest for over twelve…
“My emotion is being shadowed by the fact that no one from the circle of my faithful coworkers, who constantly risked their lives, could live long enough to enjoy all the honors that now are falling upon me…. I can’t find the words to thank you, my dear girls…. Before the day you have written…
“In England, I had to prove that what I wrote was not libel. I wanted a trial that proved [I] was right when [I] called David Irving a denier.” 473: Deborah E Lipstadt Shoah Historian Born: 18 March 1947, New York City, New York, United States of America Deborah is currently serving as the Dorot…
408: Leonore Goldschmidt Berlin Schoolteacher Born: 16 November 1897, Gosda, Germany Died: 7 March 1983, London, United Kingdom Leonore taught Jewish children in the heart of Berlin during the Nazi occupation. Luckily for the world, documentation, photographs, and footage survive of the school, some of which came from Julien Bryan, the photographer who dared to…
381: Christine Maria Margarete Denner Friend of Edith Hahn Beer’s. Born: c.1925 Died: 1999 Christine let Edith take copies of her papers to escape Austria after the Anschluss, saving Edith’s life. Because of her actions, Christine was later honored in the Tree Garden of Righteous Gentiles near Jerusalem. Badges Earned: Located In My Personal Library:…
380: Edith Hahn Beer Judge, Shoah Survivor, and Author Born: 24 January 1914, Vienna, Austria Died: 17 March 2009, London, United Kingdom Edith’s autobiography is entitled The Nazi Officer’s Wife because she was in fact, just that. She finished her schooling to become an attorney in Austria but before she could sit for her exams in…
The Shoah, or Holocaust, as its more commonly known, lasted over a decade and claimed the lives of millions of people: Jews, Roma, the LGBT+ Community, Disabled Peoples, Poles, and So Many More. By Remembering Their Stories, and the Stories of Those Who Survived, or Sought Vengeance For Those Who Didn’t, We Ensure that it…